Pain killer found in pet foods in USA

[Elaine]

The painkiller Acetominophen (think paracetamol??) has been found in dog and cat food. The FDA were testing for melamine et al and found this by surprise too. This time the FDA have not listed brands but say they are waiting for the Pet food company/ies to come forward and recall products and that they notified them a whole month ago!
Reading the internet forums, Hills products are among those tested and potentially implicated. I can see nothing on the Hills site and they reacted fast to the melamine contamination.
I don't know how much is really true at this point and how much internet freaking out, but we need to know if what we are feeding our cats is safe.
Why can't they release the names of the products this time around?!!

Please anyone post if you have any info.

[Mags]

Here's a link to the melamine contamination..........

http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...recalled_N.htm

[Elaine]

Thanx Mags.
To the best of my knowledge paracetamol is toxic to cats isnt it?

[Jac]

That's scary!!!!!!!!!

[Mags]

Yes Elaine, paracetemol is very toxic........read the last but one paragraph here............

http://www.gladesvillevet.com.au/ind...h p&artId=153

[random]

Paracetamol is very toxic to cats, and I also read somewhere that just one aspirin can kill a healthy adult cat.

That is frightening, how did it ever get into the food in the first place??????

[Jess751]

This whole thing frightening!! Im glad mine are on a holistic food.

[Fran]

Gosh all this is terribly worrying

[mable1718]

Thats scary and frightning

[Elaine]

Was discussing this today with a customer, who has quite a few dogs, she said Eukenuba is one of the brands being taken off the shelves in the USA because of this. She also mentioned Hills and Royal Canin but I cannt quite remember what she was saying because we were interupted by a very rude customer.